150: After a Brain Disorder Forced Her to Retire Early, Her Greatest Business Idea was Formed (Zakia Blaine of FBF Fitness)
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Nicaila Matthews Okome | Side Hustle Pro Media
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2019
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Today in the guest chair we have Zakia Blain, the Founder of FCKbeingFAT (FBF Fitness). With no background in fitness, but plenty of background in every fad diet and weight loss trick around, Zakia simply wanted to inspire others, while helping them lose weight the right way.
Through the creation of her international FBF Weight loss Challenge and FBF Fitness apparel, she has managed to do just that.
While on the journey to expand FBF Fitness, Zakia discovered that her audience was interested in shapewear. So rather than promote another company’s brand, she decided to create her own and, with that, FBF Fitness evolved into FBF Body. The highly sought after shapewear has taken on a cult following of its own, largely in part due to Zakia’s open and honest method of sharing herself actually wearing it and looking amazing while doing so.
In today’s episode, we will learn how she got started, how she works through having a brain disorder to grow her business, and the hard lessons she’s learned along the way about hiring and more. Let’s get right into it.
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| 0:00.0 | You know when you take away the titles who are you I change lives. That's what I do whether it be from the products that I offer on my website or speaking or through interviews like this or even as a teacher and as an educator I ultimately change lives. |
| 0:20.0 | You're listening to Side Hustle Pro, the podcast that teaches you to build and grow your |
| 0:26.8 | Side Hustle from Passion Project to Profitable Business. |
| 0:30.6 | And I'm your host, Nakela Matthew Zakome. |
| 0:33.0 | So let's get started. |
| 0:35.0 | Hey, hey guys, welcome, welcome back to the show. |
| 0:39.0 | Today in the guest chair, we have Zakiaya Blaine the founder of F being fat |
| 0:44.3 | Zakiya started her fitness journey due to extreme illness and she was literally |
| 0:49.3 | tired of being sick and tired with no background in fitness but plenty of background in |
| 0:54.8 | every fad diet and weight loss trick around she simply wanted to inspire others |
| 0:59.7 | while helping them lose weight the right way. |
| 1:03.0 | Through the creation of her International FP and Fat Weight Loss Challenge |
| 1:07.0 | and FP in Fat Fitness Apparel, she has managed to do just that. |
| 1:11.0 | The term FP and fat is not about shame but an empowering mantra for so |
| 1:16.5 | many who want to give up during their fight to lose weight and get healthy. |
| 1:20.6 | While on the journey to expanding F being fat, Zakia discovered that her audience |
| 1:26.1 | was interested in Shapewear. So rather than promote another company's brand, |
| 1:31.6 | Zakia decided to create her own and with that, |
| 1:35.0 | FFT Fitness evolved into FFPF body. The highly sought after Shapewear has taken on a cult |
| 1:41.5 | following of its own largely in in part due to Zakia's open and honest method of sharing herself, actually wearing her shapeware and looking amazing while doing so. |
| 1:52.0 | I first learned about Zakya as a result of the |
| 1:54.5 | my Tauti retreat. When she introduced herself in the Facebook group I had to go check |
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